SPIRIT–CONSORT Update Project

the SPIRIT (2013) and CONSORT (2010) reporting guidelines update project 

Background

Randomised controlled trials provide the best evidence of the effectiveness (and harms) of health care interventions and are a crucial part of evidence-based health care. The SPIRIT and CONSORT Statements help researchers to report their trial protocols and results transparently and completely. This is important so that readers can critically evaluate the evidence and make informed decisions. SPIRIT 2013 and CONSORT 2010 are being updated to reflect new evidence and opinions.

You can read more about the update project here:

• Commentary published in Nature Medicine
• Scoping review published in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
• Delphi survey and methods published in Trials

The updated SPIRIT 2025 and CONSORT 2025 guidelines have now been submitted for publication. When published they can be accessed here and via the new joint SPIRIT-CONSORT website: www.consort-spirit.org/

This project is being led by the SPIRIT–CONSORT Executive Group. The project is funded by the MRC-NIHR: Better Methods, Better Research [MR/W020483/1]. The Principal Investigator is Prof Sally Hopewell (University of Oxford), and the study investigators are: Prof Isabelle Boutron (Université Paris Cité), Prof An-Wen Chan (University of Toronto), Prof Gary Collins (University of Oxford), Prof Asbjørn Hróbjartsson (University of Southern Denmark), Prof David Moher (University of Ottawa), Prof Kenneth F Schulz (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). The research co-ordinator is Dr Ruth Tunn (University of Oxford).

Thank you to everyone who volunteered to take part in this project!